Of the semi-aquatic types of mammals inhabiting the coasts of different countries and regions (seals, walruses, and sea lions ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

With Arctic states reopening old military bases, deploying submarines, and reinforcing claims through visible shows of force, the stakes for control and influence in the region are higher than ever.

according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the U.S. With some climate models predicting ice-free summers in the Arctic by 2050, competing claims for access to the region's ...

In recent years, overlapping maritime claims and military posturing have exacerbated tensions. The various islands and coastal areas in the Arctic are controlled by eight countries — Canada ...

Vladimir Putin is threatening an Arctic war as tensions grow ahead of ... who seeks the Trump's backing for his own claims on Ukrainian territory. 'It is a profound mistake to believe that ...

(Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said that competition in the Arctic between various nations is growing, as US President Donald Trump seeks to annex Greenland and NATO increases its ...

Russian explorers have planted their country's flag on the seabed 4,200m (14,000ft) below the North Pole to further Moscow's claims to the Arctic. The rust-proof titanium metal flag was brought by ...

Yet economic opportunities in the Arctic are emerging at a time of increased geopolitical tensions, as countries scramble to secure resources, stake territorial claims and develop facilities.

The outcome of rival territorial claims to offshore Arctic Ocean land-ridges will be decisive in determining which powers can lay claim to these natural resources. Secondly, the Northwest Passage ...

where climate change is opening new shipping lanes and countries race to declare continental shelf claims over oil and mineral resources. Foreign policy commentary on the Arctic region ...

The types of carbon and oxygen atoms found in the lines can point to whether the clams’ habitat was dominated by deep Arctic water or warm surface currents from the south. No other organism has ...